Additionally, the event infrastructure in the game has been vastly improved and now features the ability to load extended event info from Niantic’s servers: event name, icon and type. This is now available in the EventInfo protocol buffer.

Support for Legendary and Mythic Pokémon

Niantic has silently added support for distinguishing between Legendary and Mythic Pokémon. No further code was added for Legendary Pokémon, so we believe this is a small piece of upcoming changes.

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Hidden and exclusive Raids

Eh, this one is confusing. Raids can now be hidden and exclusive ,but it’s not completely clear how this mechanism works. What is clear is that you need an “Exclusive Raid Ticket” to participate in these raids and that Gyms will be closed during the exclusive raid encounter.

Our theory is that this refers to Legendary Raid Events, as Niantic has shared earlier that Legendary Raids will be invitation only.

QR Code support for Event Checkins

It’s finally clear how we will be able to check-in on various Pokémon GO events. The game now features a hidden QR code support, related to event checkins. It will still be possible to check-in manually, but QR codes are also supported.

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